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hypochondriac

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk /
NOUN
neurotic
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Q. Hypochondriac Girlfriend: My girlfriend of seven years is having a major bout of hypochondria.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2015

Q. Hypochondriac Husband: My husband is 27 years old and has always been a very healthy individual.

From Slate • May 7, 2013

Hypochondriac, jittery, paranoid, the economic system settles down to feed upon its own inadequacies.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his bed, Hypochondriac Proust used to wear a long nightgown, sweaters, mufflers, stockings, gloves, a nightcap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bacon is indigestible in an Hypochondriac stomach; and hams, impregnated as is now the custom, with acid fumes from the wood fires over which they are hung, have that additional mischief.

From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John



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